Veteran UK-based fraud fighter Bob Harrison, who runs phish victim support website BobBear, has announced plans to retire at the end of April.
BobBear has greatly inconvenienced phishing fraudsters over the last four years by publishing details of fake corporations and scams. He also took on the unfashionable job of providing …

They have!

The Police sent out a list of CRB checked people to the Reg, so it could be pubished in the Sun and NoTW, red-top readers could then round up all those potential paedos for us! Not our fault the Reg saw through the copper's clever plans!

Wish Bob a happy retirement. Also thanks!

But sad day although Bob deserves his retirement. As such I can only wish him a happy retirement. I also sincerely hope somebody steps forward to continue what he has started.

The problem with a law enforcement agency driving something like this, is that issues will be prioritized on a national basis. However the "clients" of Bobbear do not respect international boundaries, they will equally abuse somebody in the USA, Canada or the UK to do their dirty work for them. As such the bulk of the victims will lose out.

As such, a better approach is for the authorities to work with somebody/group who understands these scams and can concentrate on them and assist, rather than any LE trying to take over.